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The four armed image of Var盲ha in the attitude of lifting Bh奴dev墨 is fixed
to a niche of the inner wall of the jagamohana. He holds 艣a艅kha, cacra, gad膩 and
padma in his four hands.
The niches of the inner walls of the n膩峁璦ma峁囜笉apa are housed with the
sculptures of Trivikrama, Ganesa, P膩rvat墨 and Var膩ha-Vi峁ａ箛u. The image of
Trivikrama displays 艣ankha, cakra, gad膩 and padma in his four hands. The Ganesa
image with trunk turned to the left. He holds broken tusk, rosary, pot containing
sweet ball (ladus) and goad in his four hands. The image of P膩rvat墨 is carved in
standing posture on the lotus pedestal. Lion, the traditional mount of devi is
carved on the right side of the pedestal. Dev墨 P膩rvat墨 holds snake, rosary, spear
and lotus as usual attributes in hands. The four-armed Var膩ha-Vis峁噓 image is
fixed to a niche of the inner wall. He displays as usual elements in his four hands.
In a corner of the bhogaman岣峚pa is kept a late carved image of Hari-Hara
representing iconographic features of the two prominent cult-icons of the Hindu
pantheon. This composite figure is in seated posture on the pedestal, which
contains the figures of both bull and Garu岣峚, the mounts of 艢iva and Vi峁ａ箛u
respectively. The four hands of this composite deity displays trident in right upper
hand, dambaru in right lower hand, conch in left upper hand and cakra in left
lower hand respectively. The backside of the head of the composite deity is
decorated with trefoil makara headed arch crowned by the kirtimukha motif. On
the basis of the sculptural features, R.P. Mohapatra has opined that the cult icons
noticed in the temple are of varying date and workmanship.36
Two relief works in cement mortar representing Ananta s膩yee Vi峁ａ箛u and
vastraharana scenes are noticed higher up the inner northern wall of the
n膩峁璦ma峁囜笉apa. The relief depicting Ananta sayee Vis峁噓 is attended by a host of
divinities like Lak峁�m墨, 艢iva, Brahm膩 and N膩rada. Similarly the vastrahara峁嘺 scene
represents K峁涐梗峁嘺 playing on his favouraite flute on a kadamba tree and gopis in
the midst of the Yamun膩 river in folded hands asking their garments. This relief is
very excellence from the artistic point of view.
The western inner wall of the bhogam峁囜笉apa is decorated with some relief
works in cement mortar. They are Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Subhadr膩, worship